PERIDOT
PROPERTIES
ATTRIBUTED TO THIS STONE.
A powerful cleanser.
Alleviates jealousy and resentment.
Sharpens the mind.
Influential in the improvement of
relationships………………
HEALING
PROPERTIES ATTRIBUTED TO THIS STONE.
Heals and regenerates tissues.
Overcomes hypochondria……………..
Peridot
The vivid green of the peridot, with just a slight
hint of gold, is the ideal gemstone colour to go with that light summer
wardrobe. No wonder – since the peridot is the gemstone of the summer month
of August.
The peridot is a very old gemstone, and one which has become very popular
again today. It is so ancient that it can be found in Egyptian jewellery from
the early 2nd millennium B.C.. The stones used at that time came from a
deposit on a small volcanic island in the Red Sea, some 45 miles off the
Egyptian coast at Aswan, which was not rediscovered until about 1900 and has,
meanwhile, been exhausted for quite some time. Having said that, the peridot
is also a thoroughly modern gemstone, for it was not until a few years ago
that peridot deposits were located in the Kashmir region; and the stones from
those deposits, being of an incomparably beautiful colour and transparency,
have succeeded in giving a good polish to the image of this beautiful
gemstone, which had paled somewhat over the millennia.
The ancient Romans too were fond of this gemstone and esteemed its radiant
green shine, which does not change even in artificial light. For that reason
they nicknamed it the 'emerald of the evening'. Peridot is also found in
Europe in medieval churches, where it adorns many a treasure, for example one
of the shrines in Cologne Cathedral. During the baroque period, the rich
green gemstone once again enjoyed a brief heyday, and then it somehow faded
into oblivion.
